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GIRLS SOCCER: Athens slips past Berkley to reach district finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — Survive and advance. That’s the name of the game this time of year as the state tournament takes place on the soccer pitch. Troy Athens is still alive and well in the postseason, as the fifth-ranked Red Hawks continued to advance through the state […]
TRACK: Oak Park puts on clinic to sweep Oakland County titles
Clarkston girls, St. Mary’s boys earn runner-up slots BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — Behind a mission to be one of the best track and field teams every assembled in Michigan history, Oak Park put on a clinic Friday night at the 56th Annual Oakland County Championships. The Knights easily defended […]
TRACK: Mott, Clarkston track down regional titles
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Finally, the stars aligned just right Friday for Waterford Mott. The Corsairs put on a display of speed and endurance to round up 88 points to win its first Division 1 boys track and field regional title in school history. Waterford Kettering had its […]
TRACK: Mott, Clarkston track down regional titles
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Finally, the stars aligned just right Friday for Waterford Mott. The Corsairs put on a display of speed and endurance to round up 88 points to win its first Division 1 boys track and field regional title in school history. Waterford Kettering […]
TRACK: OAA White Division Championships Results
Boys Track OAA WHITE DIVISON CHAMPIONSHIPS (May 7 at Bloomfield Hills H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Birmingham Groves, 118; 2. Auburn Hills Avondale, 112; 3. Birmingham Seaholm, 90; 4. West Bloomfield, 74; 5. Farmington, 64; 6. Bloomfield Hills, 62; 7. Royal Oak, 56; 8. Pontiac, 39. NORTH POD DUAL MEETS — 1. Auburn Hills Avondale […]
TRACK: OAA Red Division Championships Results
Boys Track OAA RED DIVISON CHAMPIONSHIPS (May 8 at Oxford H.S.) TEAM SCORES — 1. Lake Orion, 122; 2. Oxford, 106; 3. Rochester Stoney Creek, 84; 4. Rochester Adams, 81; 5. Clarkston, 71; 6. Rochester, 54; 7. Troy Athens, 50; 8. Troy, 15. NORTH POD DUAL MEETS — 1. Lake Orion (3-0-0); 2. Clarkston (2-1-0); […]
SOFTBALL STATE RANKINGS — May 4
Softball (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Portage Central; 2. Farmington Hills Mercy; 3. Caledonia; 4. Hudsonville; 5. Clarkston; 6. Romeo; 7. Lake Orion; 8. Lakeland; 9. Monroe; 10. Utica Ford Honorable mention — Bay City Western, Belleville, Flint Kearsley, Grosse Pointe South, Hartland, Holt, Howell, Macomb Dakota, Marquette, Mattawan, Midland, Plymouth, Southgate […]
GIRLS TENNIS RANKINGS — May 4
Girls Tennis (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Northville; 2. Midland Dow; 3. Grosse Pointe South; 4. Traverse City Central; 5. Ann Arbor Pioneer; 6. Bloomfield Hills; 7. Troy; 8. Ann Arbor Skyline; 9. (tie) West Bloomfield, Hudsonville, Rockford, Ann Arbor Huron Division 2 — 1. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern; 2. (tie) […]
Baseball State Rankings — May 5
Baseball (By the coaches association) Division 1 — 1. Bay City Western; 2. Saline; 3. Battle Creek Lakeview; 4. Sterling Heights Stevenson; 5. Grosse Pointe North; 6. Woodhaven; 7. Northville; 8. Birmingham Brother Rice; 9. Taylor Kennedy; 10. Portage Northern; 11. Brighton; 12. Rockford Division 2 — 1. East Grand Rapids; 2. Pontiac Notre Dame […]
Girls Soccer Rankings — May 5
Girls Soccer (By the coaches association) Division 1 — Grandville; 2. Walled Lake Northern; 3. Rochester Stoney Creek; 4. Utica Eisenhower; 5. East Kentwood; 6. Grand Blanc; 7. Troy Athens; 8. Saline; 9. Northville; 10. Novi Honorable Mention — Hartland, Rochester Adams, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Forest Hills Central, Caledonia Division 2 — Birmingham Marian […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Morenci holds off Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes to reach ‘D’ state finals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFams EAST LANSING — Nick Robak was placed in a difficult predicament Thursday night. Convert three free throws with 0.6 seconds left on the clock to earn overtime or see a brilliant boys basketball season come to an end. The 6-foot-3 senior made his first two foul shots, […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Final ‘Breslin’ation: Waterford Our Lady overcomes poor shooting to reach state semifinals for first time in 22 years
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WEST BLOOMFIELD — Thing a beauty? Far from it. In fact, it was downright ugly. But every ugly duckling can produce a swan. Ditto for Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes. The unbeaten Lakers continued their vision quest for the perfect season by downing unranked Burton Genesee […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Walled Lake Central holds off Holly for first regional title since ’93
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans HOLLY — Trying to find the fine line between Walled Lake Central and Holly might be found by simply looking at the final score. A contest that saw as many twists and turns of a rocky mountain road, the Vikings edged host Holly, 73-71, in a thriller […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Waterford Our Lady stuns Kingston to reach Final Four
BY DAN STICKRADT SENOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoakalndsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans WATERFORD — If you would have asked Steve Robak six months ago if Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes would be in the Class D Final Four, the veteran coach would have thought you were crazy. Ask him that same question six weeks ago and he still […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Clarkston ‘Loyer’s-up to bounce Avondale in regional semifinals
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans TROY — It was another day at the office Monday for Clarkston. Another opponent, another victory. The unbeaten and fifth-ranked Wolves, behind the stellar ply of 6-foot freshman point guard Foster Loyer, picked up their 23rd win of the season by bouncing Auburn Hills Avondale, 74-51, Monday […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Holly throws “Partee”, wins first district since 1982
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @localSportsFans ORTONVILLE — Friday was the day that Paris Partee came of age. The 6-foot-2 sophomore center posted a career day in the paint, scoring 15 points with 11 rebounds, both which are career highs, to go along with a pair of assists and a blocked shot in […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Kettering sinks Stoney Creek in overtime
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans STERLING HEIGHTS — This time the pendulum has swung Waterford Kettering’s way. Kettering, which beat Rochester Stoney Cougars in the Class A regionals in 2012 and lost to the Cougars in the regional semifinals in 2014, gained a measure of revenge on Stoney Creek in this year’s […]
BOYS BASKETBALL: Oxford pulls away from Rochester
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans CLARKSTON — As statistics go, most upsets in high school state tournaments take place during the district level. Oxford made sure it was not such a victim during the opening round of the Class A boys basketball state tournament Monday. The Wildcats, after a slow start, […]
